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Fishing

Fishing is a gathering skill that was added to the game with the Lancelot patch. Players can try to catch fish in any body of water in the game. Higher tier zones allow players to catch higher tier fish. To start fishing and catch fish a player must equip a fishing rod, stand close to a body of water and throw out the fishing lure.

Depending on the zone the player is in, either freshwater fish or saltwater fish can be caught. The mouse icon will change to a fishing bob icon if fish can be caught in the water you are trying to fish in. Waters also contain school of fish. Fishing inside the circle of the school of fish yields fish more frequently and is an indicator if the waters have recently been overfished or not.

How to fish

Mechanics

After finding a suitable body of water, a player can throw out a lure, if he has his fishing pole equipped:

After waiting for a short amount of time (fish bite speed), the fishing bob will move up and down, signaling that a fish bit the hook and can be reeled in.

By pressing and releasing the left-mouse button the player will try to reel the fish in. The mini-game is a game of balance, trying to keep the fishing bob inside the green UI-field. If the fishing bob moves too far to the left or to the right into the red area the fishing attempt will fail. During the left-mouse button press the fishing bob will move to the right and the fish icon on the blue bar will move forward. Releasing the left-mouse-button will promt the fishing bob to automatically move to the left. Once the white fish icon arrives at the yellow end of the blue bar ( >> ) the fish or other loot will be caught and added to the player inventory. Fish are caught best by pressing and releasing the left-mouse-button, depending on guessing the future position and speed of the fishing bob icon.

Where to catch fish

Fish can be caught all over Albion. But there are two different types of water in the world of Albion. Freshwater and saltwater. All rivers, lakes, ponds and other similar bodies of water that can be found inland are considered freshwater. Saltwater can only be found in zones that border the ocean. A quick way to determine whether a body of water is fresh- or saltwater is by finding a pool of fish - the saltwater fish jump out of the water, and the freshwater fish swim underneath the surface in a circle. For a list of the different catchable fish, use this table. Saltwater zones, especially higher-tier zones are rarer than freshwater zones. In the table below you can find a list of zones that have saltwater borders.

Saltwater also has a different color on the minimap than freshwater. See this image as an example:

List of Saltwater Zones

Zone Name

Tier

Continent

Catchable Fish Tier

Note

Player's Island

?

Any

T1 - T3

good chance for low-value collectibles

Cley Hill

Mercia

T3 - T7

a place where you can gather Deepwater Kraken

Putrescent Sump

VI

Mercia

T6 - T8

a place where you can gather Deepwater Kraken

Fishing Gear

Players have to use a fishing rod to catch fish. But players can also equip fishing gear to increase their fishing yield. Fishing gear has special passive skills that increase the fishing yield the longer a player equips the gear. Higher item quality fishing rods provide higher bonuses to the fishing speed.

A detailed list of all fishing rods and their fishing speed bonuses can be found on the Fishing Rod item page.

A detailed list of all item stats of the fishing gear can be found on the Fishing Gear item page.

Bait & Fishing Yield

Players can use bait to increase the bite speed of fish. Bait can be crafted from earthworms at a cook. Earthworms are found when harvesting crops during farming.

Players can also use Seaweed Salads to increase the fishing speed for 30 minutes.

Pork Pies do not affect fishing speed, bite speed or number of fish caught.

Catch & Fishing Loot

Different locations offer different things that a player can catch. The two types of fish that can be caught are freshwater fish and saltwater fish. Occasionally and very rarely treasures can be found as well. The tier of fish that can be caught depends on the tier of the zone. To catch fish of a certain tier a player must be wearing a minimum fishing pole of the tier below it. Ex: A tier 6 fish can be caught with a tier 5 pole.

A list of all types of fish that can be caught can be found in the table below.

Other Loot

The tier of the zone you are fishing in determines the blackmarket loot up available. Runes and Tome of Insight can be also retrieved, but they are extremely rare.

Other Loot

Tier

Name

Type

Rarity

Zone

1

Seaweed

Cooking Ingredient

Common

Arcane Stone Sigil

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Autumn Tree

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Barrel with Candle

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Broken Scholar Statue

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Bunting Portal

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Candelabra

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Clothes Line

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Corner Lantern

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Fire Bowl

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Fire Bowl with Pedestal

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Fish Line

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Flower Vase

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Fruit Tree

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Haystack

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Haystack and Cart

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Hunting Sculpture

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Nature Stone Sigil

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Scholar Statue

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Simple Lantern

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Small Nature Stone Sigil

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Small Sword Sculpture

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Small valorous Stone Sigil

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Stone Well

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Summer Tree

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Sword and Shield Sculpture

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Tree Stump Pumpkins

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

Wooden Entrance

Decoration

Caerleon/Island

Wooden Sign

Decoration

Common

Caerleon/Island

List of cooking and alchemy recipes that use fishing loot

Fish can be consumed directly for various bonuses and fishing fame. Fame gained through eating fish is always half the value compared to catching a fish, with the values shown in the table including premium bonus. Fish can also be chopped up at the butcher into fish chops. Fish chops are used in a variety of high tier cooking recipes.